KaiserEFC
Player Valuation: £70m
So he’s up there in age, he’s had his time at a big club, he’s going to ask for a lot of money, he’s played in and won a lot of big competitions and as a caveat there’s been concerns over his attitude for years. Why can’t people see these red flags? Why can’t they remember all these mistakes we’ve made before?
From the top of my head here’s a list of players who came under similar circumstances in the PL era justifications are in brackets:
Good:
Gareth Barry (for one season)
Aaron Lennon (for a loan period)
Louis Saha (couldn’t play 2 games in a row)
Andre Kanschelskis (stayed a year and a half)
Bad:
Morgan Schneiderlin (younger on signing more upside)
Wayne Rooney (stayed a season before going to the MLS care home)
Darren Gibson (younger)
Tom Cleverley (younger)
Theo Walcott
Mark Hughes
Jesper Blomqvist
Nicolas Alexandersson
Fabian Delph
Van De Beek (younger. Thank god it was a loan)
Phil Neville
Dele Alli (younger, time will tell)
Andre Gomes (younger, was at Barca)
Van der Meyde (younger, signed from a good inter side)
I’ve probably forgotten loads. Left Tim Howard off because I don’t think he got much of a chance at United.
From the top of my head here’s a list of players who came under similar circumstances in the PL era justifications are in brackets:
Good:
Gareth Barry (for one season)
Aaron Lennon (for a loan period)
Louis Saha (couldn’t play 2 games in a row)
Andre Kanschelskis (stayed a year and a half)
Bad:
Morgan Schneiderlin (younger on signing more upside)
Wayne Rooney (stayed a season before going to the MLS care home)
Darren Gibson (younger)
Tom Cleverley (younger)
Theo Walcott
Mark Hughes
Jesper Blomqvist
Nicolas Alexandersson
Fabian Delph
Van De Beek (younger. Thank god it was a loan)
Phil Neville
Dele Alli (younger, time will tell)
Andre Gomes (younger, was at Barca)
Van der Meyde (younger, signed from a good inter side)
I’ve probably forgotten loads. Left Tim Howard off because I don’t think he got much of a chance at United.